Extended School Day and Teenage Fertility in Dominican Republic

Autores
Garganta, Santiago; Pinto, María Florencia; Zentner, Joaquín
Año de publicación
2023
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This paper investigates the potential impact of extended school days in reducing teenage fertility. We study the Jornada Escolar Extendida program, which doubled the school-day length from 4 to 8 hours in the Dominican Republic, and exploit the geographic and time variation induced by its gradual implementation. We find evidence that a higher exposure to JEE in the municipality, measured as the percentage of secondary students covered by the program, reduces the incidence of teenage pregnancies, and that the effect is stronger after the program has reached at least half of secondary students in the municipality. The estimates are robust to various specifications and alternative checks. These results suggest that extended school-day policies can have spillover effects regarding teenagers’ fertility choices.
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Ciencias Económicas
School day extension
risky behavior
teenage fertility
Dominican Republic
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Extended School Day and Teenage Fertility in Dominican Republic
title Extended School Day and Teenage Fertility in Dominican Republic
spellingShingle Extended School Day and Teenage Fertility in Dominican Republic
Garganta, Santiago
Ciencias Económicas
School day extension
risky behavior
teenage fertility
Dominican Republic
title_short Extended School Day and Teenage Fertility in Dominican Republic
title_full Extended School Day and Teenage Fertility in Dominican Republic
title_fullStr Extended School Day and Teenage Fertility in Dominican Republic
title_full_unstemmed Extended School Day and Teenage Fertility in Dominican Republic
title_sort Extended School Day and Teenage Fertility in Dominican Republic
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Garganta, Santiago
Pinto, María Florencia
Zentner, Joaquín
author Garganta, Santiago
author_facet Garganta, Santiago
Pinto, María Florencia
Zentner, Joaquín
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author2 Pinto, María Florencia
Zentner, Joaquín
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
School day extension
risky behavior
teenage fertility
Dominican Republic
topic Ciencias Económicas
School day extension
risky behavior
teenage fertility
Dominican Republic
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper investigates the potential impact of extended school days in reducing teenage fertility. We study the Jornada Escolar Extendida program, which doubled the school-day length from 4 to 8 hours in the Dominican Republic, and exploit the geographic and time variation induced by its gradual implementation. We find evidence that a higher exposure to JEE in the municipality, measured as the percentage of secondary students covered by the program, reduces the incidence of teenage pregnancies, and that the effect is stronger after the program has reached at least half of secondary students in the municipality. The estimates are robust to various specifications and alternative checks. These results suggest that extended school-day policies can have spillover effects regarding teenagers’ fertility choices.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales
description This paper investigates the potential impact of extended school days in reducing teenage fertility. We study the Jornada Escolar Extendida program, which doubled the school-day length from 4 to 8 hours in the Dominican Republic, and exploit the geographic and time variation induced by its gradual implementation. We find evidence that a higher exposure to JEE in the municipality, measured as the percentage of secondary students covered by the program, reduces the incidence of teenage pregnancies, and that the effect is stronger after the program has reached at least half of secondary students in the municipality. The estimates are robust to various specifications and alternative checks. These results suggest that extended school-day policies can have spillover effects regarding teenagers’ fertility choices.
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